Hidden genius: Black belly snake

Tang Yue calmly looked at the harpy standing near her. As opposed to the latter's tensed up expression, the snake seemed extremely nonchalant.

"Hmm… Indeed. What do you think is the strength of that dragon out there?" She hissed in amusement.

"Umm… Your highness? I… I cannot fathom such an existence." Eleana hesitantly answered.

"Exactly. Did you really think that a being like that would serve me without any ulterior motive?" Tang Yue sneered.

"Isn't it obvious? The race has already begun."

"If you open the tunnel door right now, you would probably see that the dragon is already gone."

"It's intention was to never make me trust it in the first place. Its intention was rather to make me let down my guard."

"If I am correct, the dragon is probably working very hard right now. It should be trying to break the array formation of the grand palace with everything it got."

"And if it tries hard enough and still is unable to succeed it is going to leave the island and rat me out to one of the immortals."

Eleana's face instantly changed and the two wolves looked terrified.

"Heh. Don't worry." Tang Yue hissed and it was clear that she wasn't concerned about anything that she had just mentioned. 

"That beast is extremely proud and greedy. It wouldn't give up that easily, at least not for a few hundred years." She paused and then added. "And I don't plan to be cooped up on this island for that long."

Eleana finally understood what was happening. Her breathing quickened and her chest heaved up and down in excitement. The danger that they were currently in wasn't small but then her Master was not ordinary.

"You guys shouldn't go out anymore. These many beasts should be enough for me." Tang Yue took another bite of the miscellaneous high-grade beast meat in front of her and chomped down on it.

Her three followers bowed and left to the palace to continue their training, while Tang Yue remained seated in the tunnel and continued her feast.

Ding. Congratulations. Bloodline Evolution completed.

Ding. Congratulations. 1000 Experience points have been rewarded.

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Ding. Congratulations. Bloodline Evolution completed.

Ding. Congratulations. 1000 Experience points have been rewarded.

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Ding. Congratulations. Bloodline Evolution completed.

Ding. Congratulations. 1000 Experience points have been rewarded.

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Continuous notifications kept ringing constantly for the next few days and Tang Yue as well thoroughly rested her mind and relieved all of her accumulated mental exhaustion from attempting the training grounds day in and day out without any rest.

However, she didn't stop. She continued eating every single beast in her possession irrespective of whether any usual skills could be gained or not.

Soon almost two weeks passed and Tang Yue finally heard the notification that she had been 'working hard' for.

Ding. Congratulations. You have leveled up. Level 14 -> Level 15

"FINALLY!" Tang Yue grinned in satisfaction. It had been so long and she finally managed to push herself to the next stepping stone.

Her human figure morphed into her serpentine form and a warm glow enveloped her entire body. The next second a thick putrid liquid leaked out of her that dispelled whatever impurity was left within.

Her slender serpentine figure twisted and turned and Tang Yue gasped inwardly as her consciousness returned. This was a spirit beast maturation. She was undergoing a beast maturation! 

Her serpentine figure started changing from top to bottom. The warm glow around her body intensified and she moaned in pain and pleasure as everything about her changed.

Her blue skin with mysterious black patterns now had a dark red pattern interspersed with it. Her body has considerably become bigger and was now a little more than 50 feet long and 70 inches thick. 

Sharp protrusions popped out of her smooth scaly skin that looked like thorn spikes, only that hers was covered in thick venom. She could feel the venom glands in every inch of her skin and she knew how to increase and decrease their venom content at will.

Her silver fangs and her emerald eyes both turned dark red in color and her scales had a red sheen to them. Tang Yue could feel that the strength and power swirling within her had magnified several times.

She took a deep breath and felt the rest of her body when a couple more notifications popped out.

Ding. Congratulations. Your skill [Lesser Evolution] has upgraded to [Greater Evolution]

Ding. Congratulations. Your skill [Bloodline Gorger] has upgraded to [Bloodline Devourer]

"Old man, do we still have to keep up with this charade? Can't you just give me all the updates or whatever in your normal voice?" She shook her head at the soul ghost hovering near her and giving her these weird curt mental messages.

Now that he was separated from her like a normal soul entity, they could just converse in simple words.

"Ahem. Ahem. Please forgive me, your highness. The illusion magic is already crafted to completion and cannot be changed."

Tang Yue crimson eyes widened in surprise and then she let out a sigh.

"Hmmm… Alright. Never mind then. I have more important matters to worry about."

She quickly pulled up her new status screen and looked at the two new and upgraded skills that she was looking for.

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Name: Tang Yue

Level 15 (0/5,000,000)

Species: Demonic Serpent

Grade: Spirit beast

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Skills:

[Greater Evolution] - Passive skill, Able to constantly improve and upgrade the body by absorbing bloodlines; Only 10% bloodline is required for triggering evolution.

[Bloodline Devourer] - Passive skill, Able to absorb bloodlines from meat with extreme efficiency.

[Greater Illusion Magic] - Passive skill; Able to cast illusionary spells; Able to cast spells ignoring the cultivation base of the target up to two realms.

[Greater Earth affinity] - Passive skill; Able to manipulate mana into high-grade earth.

[Greater Fire affinity] - Passive skill, Able to manipulate mana into high-grade fire.

[Greater Ice affinity] - Passive skill, Able to manipulate mana into high-grade ice.

[Greater Wind affinity] - Passive skill, Able to manipulate mana into high-grade wind.

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